Word: electroshocked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...since the Depression had Americans used the mechanisms of initiative and referendum, those venerable tools of direct democracy, in greater numbers or with wider impact. From cracking down on crime to denying electroshock therapy in Berkeley, Calif., there were 237 statewide ballot measures in 42 states and the District of Columbia. California fielded the most, a bumper-sticker crop...
...opposed the Jewish state for other reasons, anti-Zionism served for many as a new, more defensible appellation for the same old, inexcusable prejudice. Jewish journalist Jacobo Timmerman's Argentine captors and torturers claimed to have no objection to Judaism--only to Zionism--as they subjected him to an electroshock machine and screamed frenetically, "Clipped Prick!" Must recently opposition to Israel's statehood has become an unconvincing disguise, and many anti-Semites have switched to a new strategy--quite the rage in light of the Lebanon invasion--of sweepingly condemning Israel's political behavior...
...husband was quickly ushered into the nearest police station where he "confessed" to the murder and has been imprisoned ever since. The wife "disappeared." Overwhelming evidence points to a government kidnapping. An autopsy by three doctors showed Joelito died from multiple cuts and burns often caused by beating and electroshock treatment. The police testimonies, in addition, contradict...